Germany's conservative opposition leader Friedrich Merz expects little to pass parliament ahead of early elections in ...

Angela Merkel, whose successive governments demanded deep austerity from neighbours in the euro zone debt crisis, said the ...

The executive committee of Germany's centre-left Social Democratic Party (SPD) nominated Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Monday as ...

Germany's ruling Social Democrats officially made Chancellor Olaf Scholz their lead candidate on Monday for February's ...

Friedrich Merz, an erstwhile rival of former German Chancellor Angela Merkel, has been a beacon of hope for the conservative ...

Born in 1955 in the west German town of Brilon, Merz studied law and was first elected to the Bundestag in 1994. After ...

CDU leader Friedrich Merz has long been sharply critical of Chancellor Olaf Scholz's government. Now, though, Merz appears to ...

Merz believes that revisiting the policies that helped drive Germany’s postwar economic miracle will provide the path to ...